I've wondered about the musical tastes here. I'm sure there's be a lot of agreeing to disagree. This is where I'll be tonight:
http://bluebirdtheater.net/eventdetail.php?id=26737
Steve
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I've wondered about the musical tastes here. I'm sure there's be a lot of agreeing to disagree. This is where I'll be tonight:
http://bluebirdtheater.net/eventdetail.php?id=26737
Steve
Let's see,
I have been to,
Barry Manilow. (Oh, it was worth the pain after the concert.[Love4][Wink])
Alice Cooper
The Kinks
David Bowie
And AC/DC.
That is the extent of my concert career.
If Jethro Tull could get their walkers and wheelchairs on the stage, I'd be there.
Ian Anderson might be old enough that people are calling him Aqualung...
If they are a live show, I've probably been to it (or even played in it, hehe).
Metallica, 3 different countries
Alice Cooper
Monsters of Rock, England and Germany
Charlie Daniels
Aldo Nova
been to David Allen Coe, ZZ top, Montgomery Gentry, Brad Paisley, the Misfits... and some others
Tull, Nazareth, Seger, Damn Yankees, Bad Company, U2 (back in the Blood Red Sky days), they all put on a hell of a show but they and I are too old.
Starship did not.
Nitzer Ebb, Peter Murphy, Depeche Mode, probably a good show but I was kind of lost.
Def Leppard & Ozzy, good back in the day, I wouldn't want to go now.
I'd attend:
Simon & Garfunkel (minus the pot)
That's about it - I hate crowds so I avoid places I could expect to be in one.
Went to many in "the day". Here's the one's I can remember:
Journey / Bryan Adams (1983)
REO Speedwagon / Cheap Trick (1984)
Billy Joel (mid/late 80's - He was still with Christie Brinkley )
Bon Jovi / Metallica (mid/late 80's)
Chicago (mid/late 80's)
The Platters (1987)
Ricky Nelson (~1982)
The Tubes (1983)
Janis Joplin
"Woodstock"
Elton John
Rolling Stones
Kenny Rogers
Willie Nelson
Just to name a few !!
I don't have enough brain cells left to remember 'em all.
The Kind I'm paid for !!!!
I generally hate concerts unless it's a gig I'm being paid for anymore.
In order of every big name concert I've ever been to would be:
Garth Brooks (went because my girlfriend was going. She was in 8th grade! and I was only in 6th grade, so I HAD to go).
Metallica for the Load Tour.
3rd Eye Blind and Eve 6 opened for them.
Metallica again.
Tool was my last concert.
I also went through a period where we'd go see local metal bands like Tank and Shotgun Messiah (I think that was their name). I remember also seeing Propagahndi I think.
There was one other show more recently (within the last five years) but I don't remember who they are.
Chicago (my first, not by choice)
Nine Inch Nails (2x)
Pop Will Eat Itself
Marilyn Manson
Tool
Perfect Circle
Tori Amos (3x)
Ministry
Poe
Smashing Pumpkins
Garbage
Fiona Apple (girlfriend wanted to go, but Fiona is hot)
Jawbreaker/Jawbox
Orbital
Kraftwerk (reunion tour)
KMFDM
Paul Oakenfold
BT & too many techno/trance DJ's to list
Jim Rose circus sideshow
This is all I can remember, I'm sure there were others that just were not that good or worth mentioning.
How was Poe live? Kind of sucks that she fell off the face of the planet (as far as I know).
Also, I've been to a bunch of techno guys. First notable for me was Benny Benassi.
I'm not a big fan of going to concerts. I've seen Ministry 4 times and KMFDM once along with some other bands at a summer festival thing.
I take it you do lighting setups in clubs? I'm one of those people who always looks closely at the lighting to see if I can figure out how it all works. Love that stuff. I did stage lighting in High School.Quote:
Originally Posted by clublights
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It was good! She's talented no doubt.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuart
I forgot to add Einsturzende Neubauten, which was: trippy.
Al, +1 for KMFDM and Ministry, love those guys. I use to go to Metro/Smartbar in Chicago a lot, you'd frequently see a red Porsche 911 out front with KMFDM 1 on the plates.
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I haven't even heard of most of the groups that Hoosier has been to.
I'd love to have Hoosier's list. I wanted to see NIN recently, but wish I had seen them back in the day, a long with Nirvana. Big fan of Smashing Pumpkins and would have liked to see Perfect Circle and Garbage as well.
Does Maynard stand in one place like a mannequin when he performs with Perfect Circle as well?
Neither have IQuote:
Originally Posted by theGinsue
Aren't you only like 22 years-old? What's wrong with you?Quote:
Originally Posted by cowboykjohnson
Worst cop ever.
Club's, Major and Minor Nation touring act's, I've done everything from an arena to a basement ( My friends threw the best house parties LOL )Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoosier
I've lit Presidents ( I have a hand signed note of thanks from Bush), King's, Large name and small name act's in every genre, To car's and tractors to horse's and cow's.
I started to use the tag name clublights years ago when I was " just" working in nightclubs.
Yep 22... I have allot of issues...[Tooth]Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuart
I listen to allot of different stuff... but I've never heard of them...I may have heard them though?
That'll do.
'at'll do Donkey. 'at'll do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuart
The past: "I'm with rondog"
The future: Kenny Wayne Shepherd in a small venue would be cool but nothing else interests me. Frankly, if I'm carving-out a few hours of discretionary time to burn concerts wouldn't even make my "top 10."
+1 - or even my top 50!Quote:
Originally Posted by cebeu
To many to name. If it toured and came through Portland/Seattle in the 70's I saw it. Many good shows in the 80's in Belgium and then in Georgia and Kansas.
Some of the very good ones.
Pink Floyd, DSOTM and Animals tour.
Led Zep, Seattle 1973
Ozzy, 82-84? Brussels. Once with RR and once without.
J Giles Band. One of the best live bands ever from 75-80 Think I saw them 7 times.
Rush. back in 77-78
Santana. Another band that we went to every year.
Wings over America in 76
Parliament in 77
Cheap trick in 79
Some of the very bad ones.
Hank Williams Jr in the late 80's Was drunk, played 2 songs half assed and walked off stage.
Aerosmith in 77. the sound was so bad in the kingdome
Black Sabbath in 77?. Just before the breakup. Van Halen opened for them and was much better.
And then there is the show we were going to go to just before a deployment and said Na, we will catch him later. SRV at Kansas City in 90. Should have went.
I was just curious. I think things have changed since the 70's and it has hurt music overall. I'd rather go on a date with Sarah Brady than see any of the stuff that costs big $'s at Pepsi Center or Red Rocks. To me, it is some current pap sensation that will be forgotten in a year. Way too often it is some old fossils cashing in on the past and haven't done anything interesting or original in over 30 years.
To me, live music is a lot of fun when its done in the corners by people who actually like it. It tends to cost $10 to $20 to catch music like that at clubs & small venues and since I don't drink it's cheaper than a movie where I get stuck buying all that popcorn. To me its a joyous experience.
What's not to like about these guys?
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Steve
Yeah I don't remember him going around the stage much. Not like Reznor.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuart
And I really wish I'd seen NIN at Red Rocks last year. He's put that on hold and is making music with his new wife, Mandaaiq I think her last name is?
H.
Sounds like some cool highlights to a job.Quote:
Originally Posted by clublights
Good call. I had a genuine sample it, loop it, f*ck it, eat it Pepsi tshirt way back when. No idea where it is now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoosier
Late last year I got to see my favorite band playing at the Bluebird. They're pretty popular in the UK, generally playing 5-10k sized venues (they've filled the 70,000 seat Millennium Stadium in Cardiff in their time too). Because they're relatively unknown over here tickets were something like $20. I got to meet a lot of ex-pats who'd driven and flown in from Nevada, New Mexico and Texas just to see them.
Don't be like that and just not tell us who the band is.
I can remember when concert tickets were $5.50-$6.50-$7.50, depending on the seating. Oklahoma State Fairgrounds Arena in OKC. First concert I went to was The Doobie Brothers in '73 or '74.
Aldo Nova at The Rainbow was the first concert I went too.
I have seen Van Halen, Metallica, NIN, Ministry, Bowie, Curve, Def Leppard, Journey, Scorpions, Queensryche, Ratt. Prob missing a couple.
Nowadays you'd have to pay me to go to a show.
I'd be surprised if anyone had even heard of them in passing. They're called Manic Street Preachers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuart
Oh yeah, I listen to them all the time.
Of course I haven't heard of them.
I wish I could have attended a Pantera concert:(
jerrymrc: nice list. Particularly jealous of Floyd, Zep, and Parliament.
Apparently my music collection has some overlap with Hoosier's.
First one, early teens I think.... was.... nope, I can't admit it.
And no matter what anyone says, it definitely was NOT Huey Lewis, and my parents and little brother certainly weren't there.
Moving on, no particular order:
Mighty Mighty BossTones - went to school out thar for a year when they were just starting to get known.
Several shows, all small venue... incl. inside one of the campus dining halls!
Ha, I just remembered walking by the Spin Doctors at some multi-school thing in a convention center back then too, there were maybe 20-30 people watching...
Fishbone
Primus (x2?)
Bim Skala Bim
NIN x2 (3?)
PWEI (just cuz they opened for NIN really)
Rush x2
Living Colour x2-3?
Tom Petty x2
CSNY '06 tour
Black Crowes x2
Prince
Tool
Puscifer
Albert Collins
Robert Cray
Almost forgot Nina Simone (here in Denver on her final tour - RIP)
Lots of live blues acts in misc Chicago places
Wow... I feel like I "never go to concerts", and I know there are more.
I might have seen Coolio...?
Oh and let's not forget all the rawkin' wedding bands and dj's out there!! [Ban3]
In no particular order other than when they pop into my head.
Pink Floyd
Alabama
Rick Springfield
Kenny Rodgers
Elton John
KISS
Tim McGraw
Faith Hill
Metallica X 5
Limp Bizcuit
Linkin Park
Trust Co.
Scorpians
Dokken
Foreigner
Styx
Def Leppard X 2
Tesla
Motley Crue
Whitesnake
Bon Jovi X 3
SR 71
Barry Manilow
Joe Walsh
Los Lobos
Queensryche
Van Halen
Candle Box
Ice T
Suicidal Tendencies
Bryan Adams
John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band
Loverboy
Eddie money (the only concert I ever walked out on)
Skid Row
Uncle Ted Nugent
Adema
Grandpa Jones
and a whole bunch more I can't remember right now.
Remembered Pat Benetar. Saw her twice. Once because I really wanted to, and a second time because I bought the wifey two tickets so she could take her sis, but her sis couldn't make it. She's still very good.
Kenny Loggins